Last Week in WoW: Boat bugs edition
by Daniel Whitcomb 
Nov 26th 2013 at 9:00AM
Happy Tuesday morning, everyone. I'm running a little low on sleep these days. I blame Alex for making me buy Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, because I cannot stop playing it. This thing is the awesome open world Pirate game I always wanted. Not only that, it has better hilarious boat-related bugs than WoW does. And WoW has had some pretty hilarious boat-related bugs.
If open world pirate games aren't your thing, you joyless human being, don't worry. We have plenty of WoW news to keep you busy. Not only is BlizzCon news still trickling in, but patch 5.4.2 is on the PTR and has some intriguing changes in store. As of this writing, there's no announced downtime for WoW, but it's never a bad idea to catch up. Read on for the usual roundup.
Hot news and features
- Check out the latest patch 5.4 hotfixes for Nov. 18, Nov. 21,
- You can now get your very own in-game Fey Dragon mount and Alterac Brew Pup for the Blizzard store, and support Make-A-Wish at the same time.
- Pilgrim's Bounty is upon us, and we have a guide to the achievements.
- The new WoW Source includes talk about Warlords of Draenor and a sneak peek of the new forsaken female model.
- More EU Connected Realms are coming, as are more US Connected Realms.
- Blizzard's testing their new raid finder tool on the patch 5.4.2. PTR.
- Karazhan is getting some minor changes on the patch 5.4.2 PTR, possibly in preparation for a pre-expansion event. Anne speculates on just what could be happening there.
- Cross-realm account-bound mail is in testing on the patch 5.4.2 PTR.
- The in-game store UI has been updated on the PTR.
- Is it time for WoW to implement a loyalty reward program?
- Ausgamers interviewed Chris Metzen.
- BlizzPro got to sit down with Helen Cheng and Marco Koegler at BlizzCon 2013.
- The Care and Feeding of Warriors examines the new secondary stats of Warlords of Draenor.
- Lichborne discusses BlizzCon 2013 news for death knights.
- Totem talk discusses the future of the restoration spec.
- Scattered Shots takes a look at Warlords of Draenor talents for hunters.
- Arcane Brilliance looks at the future of the mage class.
- How does spirit work in the new Warlords of Draenor stat system? Ghostcrawler explains.
- WoW Archivist looks back at the old Swift Flight Form quest.
- Rossi argues for new variant skins for races.
- We discuss the new Trial of the Gladiator PvP mode, which will be coming with the new expansion.
- Rossi explains why more diverse characters would only be a good thing for Warlords of Draenor.
- Dreamhack 2013 is coming up, and Blizzard will be there with the Warlords of Draenor expansion.
- The Blizzard Entertainment Student Art Contest is making a return.
- Know Your Lore speculates about the nature and purpose of Oshu'gun and what it could mean for Warlords of Draenor. We also discuss Mists of Pandaria's effect on the overall story of WoW.
- WoW Progress now features speed kill rankings.
- Conan O'Brien showed at BlizzCon 2013 to play - and commentate - a bit of World of Warcraft.
- 15 Minutes of Fame talks to the organizers of another huge BlizzCon fan meetup.
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